Teach me the lesson I would learn-
Teach me to pray.

5 Now, in my hour of trouble, deign
To bow my spirit to thy sway;
Now, let me ask thee not in vain-
Teach me to pray.

6 To thee alone my eyes look up,
Turn not, O God, thy face away
Prayer is my only door of hope-
Teach me to pray.

XIV.

"I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee, saith the Lord."-Jer. xxx. 17.

1 Tell me of that great Physician,
Will he undertake my cure?
Will he freely grant admission
To an applicant so poor?
None but Jesus

Could to such relief ensure.

2 I have not one plea to proffer,

Why such grace I should partake—

No inducement can I offer

No requital can I make;
None but Jesus

Heals for his own mercy's sake.

3 Yet I know that he has granted
Cures to thousands such as I;
Given them freely all they wanted,
Without money let them buy:
None but Jesus

Every want could thus supply.

4 Let me go and spread before him
All my symptoms-all my fears;
Deeply, gratefully adore him,

While my trembling heart he cheers:
None but Jesus

Wipes away the sufferer's tears.

XV.

"Behold, 1 stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me."-Rev. iii. 20.

1 Behold a stranger at the door

Who gently knocks, has knocked before;

Has waited long; is waiting still;
You treat no other friend so ill.

2 O gracious attitude! He stands
With melting heart, and laden hands!
O matchless kindness! Lo, he shows
This matchless kindness e'en to foes!

3 But will he prove a friend indeed ?
He will, the very friend you need ;
The man of Nazareth, 'tis He!
With garments dyed on Calvary.

4 If thou art poor, (and poor thou art,)
Lo! He has riches to impart;

Not wealth in which mean avarice rolls,
Oh better far! the wealth of souls.

5 Thou'rt blind-he'll take the scales away, And let in everlasting day;

Torn and polluted is thy dress;

He'll robe thee in his righteousness.

6 Art thou a weeper ? grief shall fly,
For who can weep with Jesus by?
No terror shall thy soul annoy;
No tear, except the tear of joy.

7 Rise, touched with gratitude divine,
Turn out his enemy and thine;
That soul-enslaving tyrant, sin,
And let the heavenly stranger in.

8 Admit him, for the human breast Ne'er entertained so kind a guest; Admit him, and you'll ne'er expel; Where Jesus comes, he comes to dwell.

9 Admit him ere his anger burn,
His feet departed ne'er return;
Admit him, or the hour's at hand,
When at his door denied you'll stand.

10 Yetknow-nor of the terms complain— Where Jesus comes, he comes to reign, To reign, and with no partial sway, Thoughts must be slain that disobey.

11 Sovereign of souls! thou Prince of peace!

Oh, may thy gentle reign increase!
Throw wide the door, each willing mind,
And be thine empire all mankind!

XVI.

"I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I

will give you an heart of flesh." -Ez. xxxvi. 26. 1 Oh for a glance of heavenly day, To take this stubborn heart away! And thaw, with beams of love divine, This heart, this frozen heart of mine.

2 The rocks can rend, the earth can quake;
The seas can roar, the mountains shake;
Of feeling, all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.

3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
Saviour, an adamant heart would melt;
But I can read each moving line,
And nothing melt this heart of mine.

4 Thy judgments, too, unmoved I hear, (Amazing thought!) which devils fear; Goodness and wrath in vain combine To stir this senseless heart of mine.

5 But something yet can do the deed, And that blest something much I need ; Thy Spirit can from dross refine,

And move, and melt this heart of mine.